What does πῦρ · θεῖον · οὐρανός mean in the Bible?
πῦρ · θεῖον · οὐρανός is a Greek phrase meaning "fire and sulfur rained from heaven".
Greek · G4442, G2303, G3772
ἔβρεξεν πῦρ καὶ θεῖον ἀπ’ οὐρανοῦ
"Fire" (literally or figuratively, specially, lightning) · sulphur · heaven
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πῦρ G4442 "fire" (literally or figuratively, specially, lightning)
Pronunciation pŷr
Fire as divine judgment and purification—literal destruction or testing that refines faith and character.
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θεῖον G2303 sulphur
Pronunciation theîon
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οὐρανός G3772 heaven
Pronunciation ouranós
Heaven signifies both the physical sky and God's transcendent dwelling place where divine rule operates.
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What does ἔβρεξεν πῦρ καὶ θεῖον ἀπ’ οὐρανοῦ (ebrexen pyr kai theion ap' ouranou) mean in the Bible?
πῦρ · θεῖον · οὐρανός is a Greek phrase meaning "fire and sulfur rained from heaven".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4442, G2303, G3772?
G4442, G2303, G3772 is connected to 71 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. fire and sulfur rained from heaven
Source Gloss
fire and sulfur rained from heaven
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 71 Case pattern Genitive (29) Number pattern Singular (71)
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Mark 9:48 · 1 Cor 3:13 · Heb 12:29 · Jas 3:5 · Jas 3:6 · Jas 5:3 · Rev 8:7 · Rev 9:17 · Rev 11:5 · Rev 20:9 10×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 5:22 · Matt 13:42 · Matt 13:50 · Matt 18:9 · Acts 2:3 · Acts 7:30 · Rom 12:20 · 1 Cor 3:15 · 2 Thess 1:8 · Heb 1:7 · Heb 10:27 · Heb 11:34 · 1 Pet 1:7 · Jude 1:7 · Jude 1:23 · Rev 1:14 29×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Matt 3:11 · Matt 3:12 · Matt 13:40 · Mark 9:49 · Luke 3:16 · Luke 3:17 · 1 Cor 3:13 · Heb 12:18 · 2 Pet 3:7 · Rev 8:8 · Rev 14:10 · Rev 15:2 · Rev 16:8 · Rev 17:16 · Rev 18:8 · Rev 21:8 16×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 3:10 · Matt 7:19 · Matt 17:15 · Matt 18:8 · Matt 25:41 · Mark 9:22 · Mark 9:43 · Luke 3:9 · Luke 9:54 · Luke 12:49 · Luke 17:29 · Luke 22:55 · John 15:6 · Acts 2:19 · Acts 28:5 · Rev 13:13 16×
Word Origins
ἔβρεξεν πῦρ καὶ θεῖον ἀπ’ οὐρανοῦ is a primary word - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain